A burlap feed sack. Cut two holes. Run an overgirth through the holes. Two ropes for reins. Helmet? Hell, the 9-year-old boys weren’t wearing shoes. Hop on the barren mares, race around the makeshift half-mile track in the middle of a Barbados field. Do it so often that the mares … Read More

Kinnon LaRose was looking for his next move. Twenty-two, living in Connecticut, a recent graduate. Five years of collegiate basketball, 160 or so games and a thousand others from pickup to playground all behind him. Hoop aspirations had pretty much run their course, high school records had turned into college … Read More

The things I’ve learned at Saratoga… Do it early. It’s a long meet these days but it goes fast. Schedule it, make it happen. Early. Hey, John Panagot, let’s get that beer Sunday and talk about the days when you had to interview Bobby Frankel for The Special. Rich, crank … Read More

Three starts. Three stakes. Three seconds. That’s the tally at Saratoga so far. Cyber Ninja produced another solid run to finish second in the Jonathan Kiser Memorial Thursday. No excuse. Settled, jumped, rallied and just couldn’t run down the winner. A half-length loss. If you’re keeping score, we are a … Read More